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Originally Posted by KRL
The best solution I see is to help increase Mexico's economy so that there are less of their population living in poverty and without job opportunities. The only reason undocumented workers come here is to make more money than they can down there. Solve that problem and they won't come here.
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If the Mexicans can't manage their money, that's not the fault of the US or any other country besides Mexico.
In 2004, Mexico was the 5th largest producer of oil on this planet. Nearly 4 million barrels each day, almost double the per day production of Iraq, a country I'm sure we've all heard about.
To add insult to injury, they are also 9th on the Net Exporters of oil list for the same calendar year, with just about half their production being exported. Which, coincidentally, is only slightly less than Iraq's totally daily production.
Maybe Mexico needs a dictator with some WMDs. We can invade Mexico, take the oil and put all the itinerant poor on welfare.
Out of the top ten oil producing countries in the world, only 3 are not on the Net Exporters list -- China, US, Canada...
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/topworldtables1_2.html